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Canadian Standardization Advisory Committee on Environmental, Social, and Governance (CSAC ESG)

The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) has successfully advanced a proposal for the establishment of an ISO Strategic Advisory Group on the topic of environmental, social and governance (ISO/ TMB SAG ESG).

To support the work of the ISO/ TMB SAG ESG, the SCC is establishing a Canadian Standardization Advisory Committee on Environmental, Social, and Governance (CSAC ESG). SCC is seeking experienced candidates from a variety of stakeholder groups to join the advisory committee. Ideally, these would be seasoned experts with standards experience in the environmental, social and/or governance fields.

Canada will chair the work of the committee together with co-chairs from Member Bodies of the British Standards Institution (BSI) of the United Kingdom (https://www.bsigroup.com/) and the Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT) in Brazil (https://www.abnt.org.br/). The SAG will rely on three Task Groups to provide input and recommendations for mapping existing standards, improving stakeholder engagement, and defining user needs.

Scope: The Canadian advisory group will provide input on Canada’s position related to work of the ISO/ Technical Management Board Strategic Advisory Group on ESG (ISO/TMB SAG ESG).

This work will include:
• providing advice on ISO’s value proposition within the ESG ecosystem
• recommendations on how to leverage standards, accreditation, and conformity assessment tools to create coherence, trust, and accountability related to ESG and
• align incentives from production processes to capital markets and regulators.

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ISO/TMBG
Technical Management Board - groups

ISO/TMBG refers to the groups that report to the ISO Technical Management Board (TMB). The TMB is the governance body responsible for the general management of the technical committee structure within ISO. As stated in clause 9.4 of the ISO Statutes, “The Technical Management Board may establish ad hoc technical and strategic advisory groups as deemed necessary to accomplish its responsibilities.” These groups are established and dissolved via TMB Resolutions. They report to the TMB at regular intervals and the TMB has oversight of their membership and activities. Refer to the TMB Rules of Procedure, Clause 1, for the full terms of reference of the TMB.